Bombyliidae (Zaitzev, 1992)

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 19

Bombyliidae ( Figs 32–35 )

Bombyliids comprise more than 4,500 species, grouped into 16 subfamilies and 100 extant genera worldwide ( Evenhuis & Greathead 1999; Evenhuis & Lamas 2017). The current classification of this family largely corresponds to the proposal by Evenhuis (1990), which has changed the placement of some genera. Later, Zaitzev (1992) elevated the subfamily Mythicomyiinae to family status. Knowledge of the family in Chile must be credited to Hall (1976), Evenhuis (1993), and Yamaguchi & Lamas (2014). For Chile, 142 species recorded are grouped into 34 genera ( Evenhuis 2015).

Figures

FIGURES 32–37. Bombyliidae and Mythicomyiidae of Chile: (32) Phthiria tristis Bigot (Bombyliidae, photo by Vicente Valdés); (33) Nectaropota setigera Philippi (Bombyliidae, photo by ValeG); (34) Hyperalonia chilensis Rondani (Bombyliidae, photo by Luis Romero); (35) Platamomyia depressa (Loew) (Bombyliidae, photo by Matías Cortés); (36) Mythicomyia sp., (Mythicomyiidae, photo by Mauricio Quezada), and (37) Mythicomyia problis Hall (Mythicomyiidae, photo by Michael Weymann).